Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96806 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8092
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Religious considerations affect the decision to immigrate as well as the choice of destination country, and religious behaviors change as immigrants adjust to the economic context of their new country. This paper considers the interaction between the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant's religious identity (affiliation). Religious groups are described as quasi-enclaves and immigrant churches as a subset of these. Rising full prices (wage rates) and incomes during the adjustment process affect the religious behavior of immigrants. Religious institutions (referred to as churches) also respond to systematic changes in the religious behaviors of their members.
Subjects: 
international migration
immigrant adjustment
quasi-enclave
immigrant church
religiosity
religion
social change
JEL: 
Z12
J61
J11
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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